¦ adjective
1. arranged in a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances.
2. recurring at short uniform intervals: a regular monthly check.
done or happening frequently.
doing the same thing often or at uniform intervals: regular worshippers.
3. conforming to or governed by an accepted standard of procedure or convention.
of or belonging to the permanent professional armed forces of a country.
properly trained or qualified and pursuing a full-time occupation.
Christian Church subject to or bound by religious rule. Contrasted with
secular.
4. usual or customary.
chiefly N. Amer. of an ordinary kind.
N. Amer. not pretentious or arrogant; ordinary and friendly: a regular guy.
(chiefly in commercial use) denoting merchandise of average size.
5. Grammar (of a word) following the normal pattern of inflection.
6. Geometry (of a figure) having all sides and all angles equal.
(of a solid) bounded by a number of equal figures.
7. Botany (of a flower) having radial symmetry.
¦ noun a regular customer, member of a team, etc.
?a regular member of the armed forces.
?Christian Church one of the regular clergy.
Derivatives
regularity noun (plural regularities).
regularization or regularisation noun
regularize or regularise verb
regularly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. reguler, from L. regularis, from regula 'rule'.